*** Kansas City Fanviews Here 5/3/10 ***

GB45499 wrote:

Really awesome show...These pics were taken by my friend in 107 row 10...I was on the floor Mikes side row 15. Thanks a bunch PJ...that was exactly what I needed. Sorry if the pics are too much or in the wrong place...enjoy!

Thanks for the pictures!

indeed wrote:

I won the lottery!!! FRONT ROW! couldn't believe it. Or wished for anything better. My friend caught a big wad of cake that Ed threw to her then she was just holding it and he looked at her smiled, and threw her the towel that he had wiped his face with. Best souviner! Oh yeah, I finally got to drink his wine.

I am so glad you two won the lottery! What an amazing night!

Pretty cool day... the way it was set up with the Power and Light District was awesome. Huge pre-party @ Johnny's Tavern that spilled out into the big middle area with every bar rocking PJ all day long. They were even playing some PJ DVD's on the big screen out in the plaza area.

The Sprint Center was a nice building, but not as big as I was expecting. I had floor seats about 2/3 of the way back.

They played their normal 3 sets/28 songs, but since they hadn't been to KC in 7 years, it was mostly "Greatest Hits" stuff with a bunch of new stuff sprinkled in. (the only songs outside of the new stuff I hadn't heard live were "Of the Girl", "MFC", and "Off He Goes") I'm a bigger fan of the shows where you can hear more "catalog" stuff, but it's always a good time to hear them jam out to "Porch" for 7-8 minutes. The crowd was very lively, and they sung along to about everything... even the new stuff. "Just Breathe" was echoing through the arena.

After the 1st break, Eddie came out with a Willie Wilson Royals jersey on, and said he was in the house for his 1st ever PJ show, which got a huge pop out of the crowd.

At the end... they brought out the guy who was the main guy on the gold medal bobsled team in Vancouver. He said he listened to PJ every day to get pumped up for his races... and he plays bass in his spare time, so Eddie gave him a bass and let him play "Yellow Ledbetter" to end the show with them...

McCready did the Hendrix style Star Spangled Banner afterward to end it... which of course ended with those douchebag mullet head KC fans yelling "Home of the CHIEFS!!" at the end... lol

After it ended, we went back to the P&L for a nightcap, and it was still hopping at midnight when we left.

Good times...

Read alot of good posts about this show...great energy that seemed everyone in the building was feeling. Reminded me of Columbia SC 2008 because it was just a rocker, no easing into the setlist. Top rows I could see people standing and arms up the whole show. That still amazes me bc sitting that high can suck, and people just sit at most other bands concerts.

It sounds cliche here, but the band really did seem to enjoy the welcome they got. After new Orleans, which was good but no where near this intense, they were needing good crowd energy.

I can go on, but evnflow suprisingly more rockin than I've seen in awhile, DTE was intense, all the new stuff cool.... Opened with Of the Girl "priceless"... Offhe goes Eddie on accoustic, very nice.

If there were any naysayers because Kansas city isn't an hour from Boston or MSG, too bad ur just jealous! Ha

I just got my final orders on the way down to the show from Omaha, for Afghanistan, in exactly two weeks. The guys did all they could to brand a memory in my brain that will shelter me for the next year. Thanks guys.
I love Pearl Jam!

I just got back. Take care over there.

jroe

It was my girlfriend's and my first show and we both had a blast. I cannot believe how much energy the band has after all these years. I actually shrieked when Present Tense started and I could not talk at all yesterday.

We came down from Minneapolis the day of the show and left the next morning but we both loved KC and wished we could have stayed longer. We are going to have to get back down there and see a Twins-Royals game at Kauffman.

Side question - who plays in the Sprint Center? Does any team? Jayhawks b-ball? The NBA needs to move to KC, its a wonderful place.

It was my first Pearl Jam show as well. I'm from Omaha, Nebraska. The last time they came anywhere close was for the Riot Act tour, which they played the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. But they haven't been in Omaha since 1992. If anyone knows why they haven't been, I would really like to know. Thanks in advance.

But I digress, the show itself was amazing. I just signed up for the Ten Club today, so I wasn't lucky enough to get those Ten Club seats, but I had so much fun regardless. But actually right where I was sitting, there was a fight that broke out. Which it was a shame because one of the guys in the fight was from Omaha as well, it was also his first Pearl Jam show, and was an all-around nice guy. So it was a shame to see that he couldn't see the rest of the show.

But this will by all means be the first of many Pearl Jam shows for this fan.

My son and I were at this show. We drove up from Norman, OK. What an awesome night!! I also won the lottery and we were first row on Stone's side. I couldn't believe it when i saw my tickets! I kept looking at them thinking it must be some kind of mistake until we were actually down there, haha.

Great crowd, great energy from the band, lots of fun with the cake....all the things that have been said already. I was really happy to get Present Tense (it's my favorite), as well as Of The Girl and MFC. I also got one of Ed's picks! :-)

I stood way too much (I have an autoimmune connective tissue disease and I came in and left in a wheelchair). I ended up standing for about 3 songs at a time and then sitting for 1 or 2. I probably stood longer in that 2 and a half hours than I have in the past year and a half and I was really hurting, but it was totally worth it!!

Thanks Ten Club for front row (I still can't believe that!), and thanks PJ for an amazing show!!

Show 19 for me and back to the scene (somewhat, anyway) of my first PJ show in '98.

My take:

1) I was able to continue my streak of NOTwinning the lottery! :? 217,xxx got me 20th row on the aisle on Stone's side. After the usual disappointment of not winning the lottery (and for the record, I think everyone in line in front of me got tix in the first 5 rows), I then moved on to the feeling of...20th row for PJ...sweet!! Let's get this thing going!

2) Took a friend to his first show for his birthday. Gave him Backspacer and some RVM mix a month or so ago to get acquainted. His take at the end: "That was AWESOME!!! Such energy...you can't help but get caught up in it. Wish I knew the songs a little better, but now I know what you've been talking about all these years!" So, count him in as a new recruit. Kept texting me during the STL show to see what they were playing.

3) Good times at the pre-party (but who has drink specials until 3 only?) and the Power and Light district was very cool. I live 2 hours away, but never had been there before. Beautiful night to enjoy the MSG show on the video and enjoy the liquids outside. Also cool to catch up with some of you that I only get to see at shows. Can't wait to meet even more on down the line.

4) As for the show...as always, outstanding. Nothing that I hadn't seen before, but the beauty of a PJ show is that the right mix, even if you've heard it a 1,000 times can make it even more sweet. Present Tense, Black, Porch, Of the Girl...awesome. RITFW was actually fresh again for me, as well. A perfect setlist for the casual to almost diehard fan and as someone posted earlier, looking at the setlist may not inspire you, but to hear it all together and with the energy...wow. LOVE seeing Ed in a great mood. When Ed's happy....everyone is...oh, you know the drill.

5) More fun in the Power and Light afterward. I still don't have neat "I ran into Mike after the show!" stories, but a great night overall. GREAT night, people. KC represented in a big way. Not a Missouri guy by birth, but I was proud of the Show-Me state after that.

On to STL!

I've seen a few comments on here about the setlist not being that great so I just wanted to add a few comments about why this show was so great.

I've seen PJ play from coast to coast and on every tour since '94 so I can understand some people seeing the setlist and saying, not many rarities, too many hits, etc. Once again the 10 club hooked me up w/ awesome seats, 12th row center!

However, this show had a lot of special moments. Most of these have already been mentioned, such as Willie Wilson attending and Ed wearing his jersey but there was more to it.

Yes, Tomas Young was there but I didn't see it mentioned that he is also from Kansas City so this was a hometown show for him. For him to be onstage for "No More" was one great, but the emotion expressed for Tomas from both the crowd and the band is simply inexplainable. I think it truly was a very emotional moment for everyone in attendance!

There was only one cover in the setlist but it was Rockin' In the Free World which was VERY fitting after Tomas having been on stage.

Then in the 2nd encore they talk about a bobsledder that listened to Pearl Jam to "Get All Freaky" before a run (Ed's quote). Curt Tomasevicz was the bobsledder and had told the band he would love to get a chance to jam w/ the band to a certain song sometime. As it turned out the song was Yellow Ledbetter and that was his moment. The crowd immediately broke into chants of U-S-A! U-S-A! when Curtis came on stage. It was a very patriotic moment that was even more special for Curt Tomasevicz since he grew up in the neighboring state of Nebraska, where he also played football for the Cornhuskers. So this was about as much of a hometown show as he will ever get and he was on stage playing with the band.

Then to end the show McCready does the Star Spangled Banner which just took it all back full circle to Tomas being on stage, Curt Tomasevicz there wearing his Olympics shirt and gold medal, RITFW having just been played and it all taking place in the heartland of the USA..... it felt like it was the 4th of July or something! All of this tied together with the incredible energy of the crowd made this one of the best shows I've had the pleasure of seeing. Nothing on paper can ever relate what this show was truly like in person....very impressive!

A couple of last notes.....Ed was wearing a "Body of War" T-shirt and Curt Tomasevicz saw some of us in the crowd wearing Husker gear and gave props out to us as well.

Simply AWESOME!!! Thanks PJ!